Gearbox President Randy Pitchford, or DuvalMagic as he's known on Twitter, provided an interesting response to a fan's question last night. Responding to an inquiry as to whether Borderlands 2 would be receiving a level increase or the addition of a sixth class, Pitchford confirmed such things were in the works. The language he used to confirm such things may not be what current fans expected, however.

Here's Pitchford's response to whether Borderlands 2 would receive a level increase and a sixth character class:

@basemixkills We're working on new DLC for these things in addition the campaign DLC offered in the season pass.

In other words, any level increase or extra class DLC would come in addition to the final campaign DLC scheduled as part of Borderlands 2's season pass. In other, other words, there's a lot of fans out there who are going to be disappointed they bought a season pass expecting a level increase, only to find no such thing is included.

Of course, a Twitter response is hardly official in any sense. Exactly what Gearbox's plan is for Borderlands 2 is still up in the air -- nothing is written in stone. Though if there was a time to make your voices heard as to whether you expected a level increase in the season pass, now is that time. Otherwise there may be three or four more $10 DLC packs ahead you'll have to pick up just for the content you thought you'd purchased in your season pass.

Borderlands 2 is currently available for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Today actually marks the release of the Add-On Content Pack, which packages up $40 DLC for only $30, including the first three campaign DLC packs, the Mechromancer class and more. The fourth campaign DLC in the season pass has yet to be announced (or leaked).

BlackScythe Not to be "that guy" but how are season passes not a good thing? A discounted price on new content for a game I like? Sign me up. I honestly see the level cap coming as a free update/add on, while the new class will cost 10 to 15 bucks. Back to season pass talk though. Just like any purchase, just because some people blindly throw money at something they are unsure if they will like or not doesn't make them a bad thing. Season passes are one of the only current gen inventions I agree with. DLC isn't cheap and anything I can do to save cash on a game I like I will take.

BlackScythe Not to be "that guy" but how are season passes not a good thing? A discounted price on new content for a game I like? Sign me up. I honestly see the level cap coming as a free update/add on, while the new class will cost 10 to 15 bucks. Back to season pass talk though. Just like any purchase, just because some people blindly throw money at something they are unsure if they will like or not doesn't make them a bad thing. Season passes are one of the only current gen inventions I agree with. DLC isn't cheap and anything I can do to save cash on a game I like I will take.

If anything Borderlands proves why Season Passes are terrible idea. They hope to catch suckers in only to release subpar DLCs (which Gearbox didn't even develop) that doesn't really improve or add much of anything but bloats everything then releases even more dlc NOT included in the pass, dlc that in the previous game was free (the second level cap increase was free in bl1, the first cap increase came with the best DLC yet).

Overall I'm extremely disappointed with how Gearbox handled Borderlands 2 post release since it was such a great game. I'd never thought I'd see Gearbox being the excessively greedy ones.

I'm going to agree with Blackscythe and Ded Valve on this one. I went out and bought the Season Pass, thinking back on some of BL1's great DLCs (General Knoxx, Zombie Island) and was considerately disappointed with all three DLCs thus far. I never would have invested any money in them if I had known what was coming. I actually have to thank Borderlands 2 in a way, I guess, as they have caused me to stay as far away from any other Season Passes as I possibly could. What's going on, Gearbox? I never thought I would see them so ready to get money. Are they seriously putting the level cap in payed DLC?I bet there will be 1-2 new raid bosses in the new DLC, also. They seem to think adding them solves everything when it comes to DLC. I remember that first moment of pure excitement when I first encountered Crawmerax in BL1. The excitement for raid bosses is beginning to wear thin in this installment.

They did mention working on other character DLCs, since Gaige was so popular and all.

They also hinted at a possible second season of DLC. While the DLC was sub-par a bit, it's still only $30, so 4 $10 DLC is all you can really expect from it. $10/25% off separate full price purchases of the DLC.

Definitely would have preferred to have Gearbox make the DLC themselves, rather than just write it. Gearbox has been dropping the ball as of late. Duke Nukem (not entirely their fault), BL2 DLC (mostly their fault), and Aliens: Colonial Marines (in a large part, their fault. Terrible management).

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Wasn't the level increase a free update on Borderlands 1? I thought it was as I didn't buy any DLC for that game and my level still got higher than the original cap.

One of the level caps were. The first level cap increase came with the Knoxx DLC, and added 11 levels to the game (50 > 61). Then later on, there was a free update that added another 8 levels (69 harhar). So depending on whether you got the DLC or not, and assuming you update, your level cap could range between 58 and 69.

Gearbox has already made official comments stating the level cap increase will be free. It will be added as a separate free dlc, that will add a 3rd playthrough option that allows for deeper character customization. The 6th character will likely be $10, but who cares? I have no interest in another character. Just b/c you bought the season pass doesn't mean you're entitled to everything. You should have read the description, it never said anything about all content, just 4 campaign "story" dlc's. Nothing more, you even got it for a $10 discount over buying them separately.

Gearbox has already made official comments stating the level cap increase will be free. It will be added as a separate free dlc, that will add a 3rd playthrough option that allows for deeper character customization. The 6th character will likely be $10, but who cares? I have no interest in another character. Just b/c you bought the season pass doesn't mean you're entitled to everything. You should have read the description, it never said anything about all content, just 4 campaign "story" dlc's. Nothing more, you even got it for a $10 discount over buying them separately.

You're new, but you're absolutely right.

There had to be a downside to buying the Pass. Don't twist, you're still saving money buy buying the Season Pass.

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